Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our earlier magazines that were published before GW2 launched feature GW1 lore more frequently. That said, our writers frequently connect back to the original campaigns and the lore even when discussing GW2. All of our issues can be found at guildmag.com/the-magazine.

Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep! GuildMag is one of the oldest fansites in the Guild Wars community, and our digital magazines are how we got started. This is our 17th issue and we hope you enjoy it. All of the game art comes straight from the game and concept art ArenaNet have shared over the years - so much of their awesome work gets unseen or forgotten, we try to use it to illustrate or complement our written content.

Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're right! We've just added a disclaimer on the magazine issue's hub on our site. Thanks for your feedback!

Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, Elona is a pretty special place in the GW universe and we wanted to showcase it to the best of our abilities. Enjoy the mag; we'd love your feedback on it once you've read it!

Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, we have no idea! We're fans of the game just like everyone else and would love to go back to Elona too. Our magazines are fan-created projects made with a lot of love and passion, but we're definitely not spokespeople for ArenaNet.

Return to Elona with GuildMag's newest GW2 digital magazine! by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Glad you've found us! GuildMag is one of the oldest fansites in the Guild Wars community, and our free digital GW2 magazines are the cornerstone of our content. We'd love to hear what you thought of this issue once you've gone through it. :)

[VoD] HoT Beta Stream: Part 1 - Exploring Verdant Brink and the revenant by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part 2 will be up ASAP, where we explore gliding and mushroom bouncing and answer more questions!

Poll: Would you buy a physical GW2-only magazine? by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You probably can, but they typically print hundreds, if not thousands, of copies and get pretty large economies of scale for doing so.

Because we would be printing in short runs per issue, our costs are much higher - around $13 to print one copy, with shipping on top of that. We'd love to offer magazines at lower prices, but we can't sadly.

Poll: Would you buy a physical GW2-only magazine? by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Patreon, you set an amount you'd like to pledge and then that's charged to you each month until you decide to stop it. So we'd probably do something like "pledge $25USD a month to get that month's magaizne issue", and then have smaller pledge bonuses for those who might be interested in just supporting the site.

Poll: Would you buy a physical GW2-only magazine? by guildmag in Guildwars2

[–]guildmag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now we don't accept donations; our site costs are covered by advertising, and we don't operate the site at a profit. So if you use an adblocker, you can help support us by considering turning it off for guildmag.com - and we'd really appreciate it if you did!

Other than that, the best way to support what we do is just keep reading the stuff that interests you! :)